RPC IV.1, 8686 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8686 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Me(mmios?) Markos (hieromnemon)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΜΕ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ (ΙΕΡΟ) ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1396–8
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lischine 334, pl. VI
2 2     Gotha Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1397, pl. 70 (V54 and R80)
3 3     ✸ P: 394 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1398, pl. 71 (V55 and R81), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin